India, June 30 -- In the last few weeks, two cases of murder have caused immense public outrage in India. In both the cases of Muskan Rastogi and Sonam Raghuvanshi, the common factor was the murder of their husbands. In an open session with NDTV, lyricist and screenwriter Javed Akhtar gave his opinion on the outrage on these cases in particular, admitting that he has a 'mixed emotions' on this.

During the interview, when Javed was asked to comment on these two cases and the commotion it has caused, he said in Hindi, "I have mixed emotions on this matter. These two women got there husbands killed and the society is shaken. Then there are women who are burnt alive every other day. If not burnt alive, then the lives that they live with thei...